Council of the Gods

Council of the Gods

110 mins | Drama | May 12, 1950

Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturation process. Eventually, he adopts political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that the poison being produced in his factory is being used in the extermination camps. Standing before the judges at the Nuremberg trials, he must face the fact that he is implicated in the deaths of millions in the gas chambers of the concentration camps.

Council of the Gods

110 mins | Drama | May 12, 1950

Council of the Gods
Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturation process. Eventually, he adopts political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that the poison being produced in his factory is being used in the extermination camps. Standing before the judges at the Nuremberg trials, he must face the fact that he is implicated in the deaths of millions in the gas chambers of the concentration camps.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers DEFA
Original title Der Rat der Götter
Directors Kurt Maetzig
Writers Philipp Gecht, Friedrich Wolf

Cast

Fritz Tillmann

as Dr. Hans Scholz

Paul Bildt

as Chairman Mauch

Helmuth Hinzelmann

as Gen. Schirrwind

Yvonne Merin

as Claudia Mauch

Hans-Georg Rudolph

as Director Tilgner

Inge Keller

as Edith Scholz

Albert Garbe

as Uncle Karl Scholz

Brigitte Krause

as "Kaetchen" Scholz

Willy A. Kleinau

as Dr. Lawson

Eva Pflug

as Mabel Lawson

Theodor Vogeler

as Dr. Huttenraub

Herwart Grosse

as Von Decken

Käthe Scharf

as Frau Scholz, Hans' wife

Karl-Heinz Deickert

as Dieter Scholz

Helene Riechers

as Frau Scholz, Hans' mother

Arthur Wiesner

as Herr Scholz, Hans' father

Agnes Windeck

as Frau Mauch